Film critics who bristle at the latest three-hour epic from Martin Scorsese are unlikely to get much pity from Alamance County’s sheriff Terry Johnson.
Over the past several months, Johnson has seen some of his subordinates endure a far greater strain on their eyes due to his agency’s recent introduction of body cameras as a standard accessory for its patrol deputies and jailers.
A relative late-comer to this technology, Johnson had nevertheless made repeated requests for the cash to buy body cameras before the county’s board of commissioners finally budgeted the funds in June of 2025…